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cheptel.

livestock

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃɛp.tɛl//ʃə.tɛl/
  1. livestock

    masculine
  2. herd; crowd (of people)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Alteration (based on the Latin source) of Old French chetel, itself an alteration (after chef (“important”)) of chatel, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin capitāle (in the sense of “head of cattle”), substantivization of Latin capitālis. Doublet of capital. Cognate with English cattle (from Old Northern French) and chattel (from common Old French).

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